Definitions for fiber optics

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

fi′ber op′tics(n.)

or fi′ber•op′tics

  1. the technology of sending computer data, video and voice signals, etc., through laser-generated light carried in bundles of ultrapure, transparent fiber

    Category: Optics

    Ref: ( optical fiber )

Origin of fiber optics:

1960–65

fi`ber•op′tic(adj.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. fiber optics, fiberoptics, fibre optics, fibreoptics(noun)

    the transmission of light signals via glass fibers


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